Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.

Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.

The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.

If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.

Sunday, January 12, 2014

The Week in Entertainment

Live: A thoroughly delightful (even the updated clowning by Frosch) Die Fledermaus at the Met. A new English translation, great sets, wonderful singing - very funny production.

TV: Modern Family - Hayley cracks me up. Sean Saves the World - two eps. It's still funny. Michael J Fox Show - continues to be sort of mediocre, though Fox is talented. Grimm - I enjoyed both eps, especially the one about the gangs; it had nice character moments for everyone. The Neighbors, which has managed to get me invested in Amber's heartache.The Crazy Ones - this show is pretty dumb, but it really makes me laugh, which may be due to Williams and Gellar, or the writers, or both. The Middle - "I want to spend every moment I can with the things I cherish the most. So I'm going to my room and my books. Try not to bother me."

Read: Finished The Diplomatic Corpse Mystery, which is about a diploma, not a diplomat. Started Doris Kearns Goodwin's latest, Bully Pulpit, which is fascinating. I've gotten to the McClure's Magazine founding.

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I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...

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You cannot leave. You cannot drop the armor now. Why? Because you are needed, more than ever. You are mandatory to keep the energy flowing, the karmic vibrator buzzing, to keep the progressive and lucid half of the nation breathing and healthy and awake and ever reaching out to the half that's wallowing in fear and violence and homophobia and sexual dread, hoping to find harmony instead of cacophony, common ground instead of civil war, some sort of a shared love of a country so messy and internationally disrespected and openly confused its own president can't even speak the language.

After all, you don't hand over all your children the first time the flying monkeys bang on your door...

It's far from over. The tunnel is just a little darker -- and longer -- than we imagined.
Mark Morford